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Anna Delvey: the false millionaire who deceived the New York elite is still in the United States

The fake Russian-German billionaire Anna “Delvey” Sorokinwho inspired a series on Netflix, remains in detention in the United States, the US immigration service announced on Tuesday after the press had announced his imminent extradition to Germany the day before.

Sorokinimprisoned in 2019 for defrauding hotels, banks and friends of hundreds of thousands of dollars, “is still detained in an ICE (immigration police) center awaiting expulsion,” said the immigration and customs control agency.

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The New York Post reported on Monday that Sorokinwho carried out his scams under the name of “Anna Devey”, was to be extradited on Monday night to Germany on a flight to Frankfurt.

But a spokesman for the airport police in that German city stated that as of Tuesday afternoon, Sorokin I had not arrived yet.

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Sorokin managed between 2016 and 2017 to deceive New York elites by posing as a wealthy heiress.

Of German nationality but born near Moscow, the 31-year-old who called herself Anna “Delvey” She was released from prison in February 2021 for good behavior after being sentenced two years earlier to between 4 and 12 years in prison for fraud.

In March 2021, she was arrested again for staying in United States with an expired visa and was held in an immigration police center (ICE).

After several administrative appeals in the last year, including one to claim a booster dose of the covid-19 vaccine, he filed an appeal to remain in the United States, according to the NY Post.

With an unusual poise that allowed her to build an opulent past, the young woman presented herself as a rich German heiress with a fortune of 60 million dollars, which allowed her to gain the trust of her friends who lent her tens of thousands of dollars. and bank loans.

From November 2016 to August 2017, he traveled for free by private plane, stayed in luxury hotels and frequented the most exclusive lounges in Manhattan, without ever paying a penny, according to the New York justice that estimated in 2019 that the value of the scammed it rose to $275,000.

Daughter of a truck driver and a Russian merchant who emigrated to Germany In 2007, the young woman, who arrived in New York in 2013, tried to get a loan of 22 million dollars to build an exclusive club in Manhattan.

His bizarre story seduced television producer Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal”), who has made a miniseries that has been broadcast for a month on Netflix, “Inventing Anna (Inventing Anna)”, with Julia Garner in the title role. According to the specialized press, Anna Sorokin would have received $320,000 from the streaming giant.

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Source: Elcomercio

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